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The district court has exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases, cases involving title to land, and election contest cases. It shares jurisdiction with the county courts, and in some case justice of the peace courts, for civil cases (its lowest limit for hearing a case is a mere $200 in controversy, while JP courts can hear cases up to $10,000).
The various courts of appeals occasionally but rarely hand down conflicting rulings on the same legal issue. In large part, the Texas Supreme Court (in civil cases) or Court of Criminal Appeals (in criminal cases) exist to resolve these rare conflicts and to set forth consistent legal precedent for the state's litigants.
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...
Erin Lunceford, a GOP candidate who lost her bid to become a district court judge in Harris County is suing to throw out the election results and have the court order a As electoral disputes mount ...
Harris County Criminal Courts Building. The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county. The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county.
The state agreed to pay for court-appointed attorneys to handle the final appeals for Death Row inmates. The Court of Criminal Appeals got the job of making these appointments. While assigning attorneys in about 300 cases, the Court of Criminal Appeals tapped some with questionable credentials or little experience. [10] [11]
The Alameda County DA's office sent a list of more than 60 cases that they said Harris prosecuted during their time there but there was no way of knowing which she had actually tried in the ...
Harris County District Court (2019–2024) Texas: deceased: Robert Aguilar [7] Santa Clara County Superior Court (1979–1980); United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1980–1996) California: deceased: Susan L. Aguilar [8] Sacramento County Superior Court (Referee: appt. 1998) California: inactive: Frederick P ...